Chongzhi Zang and Lab Members Publish Findings in Nature Immunology
2/24/2022
With scientists counting on our immune systems’ “memory” to provide long-term protection against severe COVID-19, University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers and their collaborators have shed light on how…
CPHG’s Clint Miller, PhD Wins Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
2/7/2022
Join us in congratulating Dr. Clint Miller in receiving the Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching from UVA's School of Medicine. The University of Virginia School of Medicine Awards for…
11/11/2021
Arby Abood, a Ph.D. Candidate in Charles Farber's Lab at CPHG helped organize and host an Arabic session of the Genetics Society of America's Multilingual Seminar Series. The "series offers…
8/26/2021
Hispanic people with a high percentage of American Indigenous ancestry are at increased risk of a nutritional deficiency that could affect their heart health and contribute to harmful inflammation, new…
CPHG Leads Largest-Ever Type 1 Diabetes Genetic Study Which Identifies Potential Treatment Targets
7/22/2021
Scientists have completed the largest and most diverse genetic study of Type 1 diabetes ever undertaken, identifying new drug targets to treat a condition that affects 1.3 million American adults.…
CPHG’s Zang Lab Develops New Tools to Battle Cancer, Advance Genomics Research
5/26/2021
Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have developed important new resources that will aid the battle against cancer and advance cutting-edge genomics research. UVA’s Chongzhi Zang and…
CPHG Affiliate Faculty Member, Eric Turkheimer, Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
4/23/2021
The dean of the University of Virginia’s College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and an acclaimed UVA psychology professor have been elected to the prestigious American Academy of…
CPHG Team Performs Vital Research in Groundbreaking TOPMed Human Genome Project
4/2/2021
Scientists Scour Genes of More Than 53,000 People to Better Battle Dangerous Diseases DNA processing in a genomics research lab. (Photo courtesy National Cancer Institute) April 01, 2021 A new…
Former CPHG Faculty Member Aaron Quinlan Chats with the American Journal of Human Genetics
4/1/2021
Inside AJHG: A Chat with Aaron Quinlan Each month, the editors of The American Journal of Human Genetics interview an author of a recently published paper. This month, we check in with…
3/12/2021
The automated liquid-handling robot is large enough to claim a 12-foot-by-4-foot expanse of lab table space in its unexpected home in UVA Health’s West Complex. Last summer, University of Virginia…